Radar measurement of precipitation in cold mountainous areas: the Garonne basin
| Autor: | D. Dartus, L. Bourrel, J. J. Vidal, H. Sauvageot, J. P. Dupouyet |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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| Zdroj: | Hydrological Sciences Journal. 39:369-389 |
| ISSN: | 2150-3435 0262-6667 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02626669409492756 |
| Popis: | The object of this paper is to discuss, using the example of the upper basin of the Garonne river, the conditions of use of radar for the measurement of precipitation in order to forecast floods in areas with substantial relief and a cold season, which is the case for most French basins. The principle of radar measurement of precipitation fields is summarily expounded and the factors influencing the quality of these measurements are presented, notably those in relation to the relief and climatology of precipitation and to the 0°C isotherm (precipitation melting level). The main difficulty is that, at mid-latitudes, the precipitation melting layer (i.e. the 0°C isotherm) is located at low altitude, which implies that, except in summer, radar does not observe a homogeneous scattering environment viz. rain or snow. Most of the time, the radar beam reaches, at a short distance, the altitude of the upper limit of the rain. This problem is made worse in mountainous areas because, for the azimuthal swee... |
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